Quote: Nil Putters @ July 31 2009, 11:29 PM BSTNope, still not sure. Isn't that how Moonstone went missing? He just 'popped round' to see you too.
Um... 
The Beatles weren't quite rubbish. Page 7
Hmmm I shall need photographic proof, with you holding a copy of today's Sun.
Or I could just ask Julia, she'll probably know. 
Quote: Jane P @ July 31 2009, 11:31 PM BSTActually this conversation with your mum would be a lot easier if you could just give me her number?
She'd love to talk, but she's very busy putting the finishing touches to BBC Comedy's Autumn schedule at the moment.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 31 2009, 11:27 PM BSTs'OK, she's now moved on to talking about "foetal kidnappings" in the US.
Quote: Fred Sunshine @ August 1 2009, 12:01 AM BST
That was a US album wasn't it. Never issued here.
What the f**king f**k?
Quote: zooo @ August 1 2009, 12:19 AM BSTWhat the f**king f**k?
It's the Foeatles
Quote: Fred Sunshine @ August 1 2009, 1:10 AM BSTIt's the Foeatles
*1950s round of applause* 
Quote: Fred Sunshine @ August 1 2009, 1:10 AM BSTIt's the Foeatles
Quote: Fred Sunshine @ August 1 2009, 12:01 AM BST
Eew.
Lennon is having way to much fun.
erm Thanks Fred. I had to check it's authenticity...
You can hear John Lennon talking about it here:
http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/butcher.html
There is something weird about hearing audio from someone who's no longer with us.
And just for SlagA, I heard on the radio the other day that Johnny Ball (much loved children's TV presenter) was asked to teach Ringo to read music back in the 60's. JB used to 'open' some of the Beatles gigs apparently.
Talking of which he has a new book out - JB not Ringo.
Quote: Jane P @ July 31 2009, 10:23 PM BSTIn case it wasn't obvious I wasn't being overly serious.
OK, but since you've now revealed you are in the habit of not being overly serious without making it at all obvious, I've got to consider that all your posts might not be serious. In which case, your statement above probably wasn't serious, which implies that you really *were* being overly serious when you suggested the Beatles weren't cool.
Anyway, I think they were all pretty 'cool', in the popularly accepted meaning of the term (although I've got a lot of sympathy for David Mitchell's view of 'cool'). However, I heard an interview with Pete Best many years ago in which he sounded very bitter, claiming the band sacked him because all the girls loved him too much, and it certainly seems to be true that he got the lion's share of attention; and he said that he was a better drummer than Ringo at that time. So either he's being very uncool with his sour grapes, or they were very uncool to have acted in that way, if indeed they did (which I don't know).